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Catton, near Norwich, and was planted about fifty years 

 ago. Ray, in 1668, has a summer and a winter Belle 

 and Bonne ; but their identity cannot now be ascer- 

 tained. 



122. BEN WELL'S PEARMAIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 749. 



Fruit middle-sized, somewhat oblong, and narrowed 

 at the crown. Eye small, surrounded by a few some- 

 what obscure plaits. Stalk half an inch long, rather 

 deeply inserted. Skin muddy green, with numerous 

 brownish red dashes on the sunny side. Flesh crisp, 

 yellowish white. Juice sub-acid, with a very pleasant 

 aromatic flavour. 



An excellent dessert apple from Michaelmas to 

 Christmas. 



The above name was given to this apple by Mr. Kirke, 

 of Brompton, who received it a few years ago from Mr. 

 Benwell, of Henley-upon-Thames, in Oxfordshire. 



123. BOSSOM APPLE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 528. 

 Fruit obtusely pyramidal. Eye placed in a shallow 



hollow, surrounded by several rather indistinct plaits. 

 Stalk an inch long, deeply inserted. Skin pale greenish 

 yellow, very much russetted ; and, in some specimens, 

 with a bright red on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh 

 dull white, inclining to yellow, fine in texture, crisp, with 

 a sugared juice ; it bakes of a fine colour, and melts 

 perfectly. 



A large handsome culinary apple from November till 

 March. 



Specimens of this, from the Earl of Egremont's, at 

 Petworth, were exhibited at the Horticultural Society, 

 in 1820. 



124. BREEDON PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 268. 

 t. 10. f. 1. 



Fruit flatly conical, with an inclination to square, 

 especially near the eye ; two inches and three quarters 

 in the widest, and two inches and a quarter in its 



